obama. >> reporter: romney actually has a long history of nasty skirmishes. back in the civil war the town reputedly went back and forth between union and confederate forces, some 56 times. >> abraham lincoln earned himself one vote in hampshire county. >> reporter: democrats still outnumber republicans in romney by a wide margin. the town supports lots of democrats for state office but not for president and not president obama. >> i had one man tell me that oh, he ended that war. now what are all those soldiers going to do when they come home? they won't have jobs. >> reporter: so many west virginiaians dislike president obama that a convicted felon almost won the democratic primary. >> that was very embarrassing. >> reporter: lots of people in romney agree that washington is broken. >> they don't care about the american people anymore. >> we're in a big mess. >> reporter: and just cannot agree how to fix it. in romney, west virginia, bruce leshan, 9 news now. >> here's another thing people